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[takinitoff]

jnymph, I thought the same thing. I really hope he's not because he's so freaking HOT.

[givemeakleenex]

Are we sure he isn't gay? I asking that in a serious and most loving way, because he almost seems a bit too good to be true.

I just found out that one of my best friends used to know him pretty well (squee!) and apparently he's been out for years now. I don't know if being on the show has pushed him back into the closet a little bit because that would be a shame. My friend says Bob is one of the nicest people he's ever met, and what you see of him on the show is the real deal. That makes me so happy. Yay.

This post has been edited by givemeakleenex: Sep 20, 2007 @ 2:17 pm.

[jnymph]

My friend says Bob is one of the nicest people he's ever met, and what you see of him on the show is the real deal.

Aw that's awesome !

I have to admit though, I'm disappointed to hear he is gay. I wanted to dream I had a shot at him. It would be nice to to think there are compassionate, sweet, hot straight men out there such as Bob. : (

Nonetheless, I agree it would be a shame if he felt a need to crawl back into the closet.

And I do still love him. : )

This post has been edited by jnymph: Sep 20, 2007 @ 2:35 pm.

[bimbo du jour]

Bob is also one of the "star trainers" on Exercise TV - if you get Comcast On-Demand, you can access his videos at any time.

I looked and didn't find anything ... maybe they've been pulled now that BL has begun?

[applepie77]

IIRC, I do remember reading/hearing about Bob playing for the other team. However, that doesn't bother me at all. He can still be gay AND be my TV Boyfriend and motivator. I wonder if any of the men on his team have had their gaydars ping -- can't imagine it would bother any of them, but ya never know. I'm ok with that. Can't wait for next week.

BTW, LOVE the name of this thread. It's sooo appropriate.

This post has been edited by applepie77: Sep 21, 2007 @ 12:04 pm.

[Tigger 7]

Are we sure he isn't gay? I asking that in a serious and most loving way, because he almost seems a bit too good to be true.

Whether he is or isn't, a quick search of Google shows that they are selling him that way on a gay shopping website. Doesn't matter to me. I'd still want him as my trainer because I sincerely get the impression that he cares about what happens to the contestants and really is "in their corner" supporting them, and that's exactly what I respond best to. (And yeah, gay or straight, the man is easy on the eyes.)

[GingerBird]

The best line on last night's show:

Bob: "Hmmmm ... eggrolls. Yummy!"

Seeing Bob on that spinner bike: Yikes. He could have lit up the entire city of LA if it had been hooked up to a generator. I was seriously thinking about becoming a gay man watching him last night.

[jasunshine]

I adore Bob, but we all know that morbidly obese piggyback exercise was a bad idea/accident waiting to happen which did happen and ultimately made Jerry injured and therefore very vulnerable. I'm sure he feels terrible about it. But unless I wasn't paying attention, that lapse in judgment (I think the adrenaline high got the best of boyfriend Bob) wasn't acknowledged on screen last night at all. I'm guessing this was for legal reasons but I can't imagine he wouldn't have said anything to the team and to Jerry. You risk injury all the time with high impact activity and that's part of the game, but this risk factor was amped up more than unnecessarily. Doesn't make him a bad trainer at all. But it is a really big ommission for the show to act as though nothing ever happened.

[Racerex]

I partially I agree with you jasunshine, having them run around with each other on their backs - particularly in such a confined area - was an accident waiting to happen. It also shows them, and us, that it's possible to work out and do exercise with improvised weights/friction device. You don't need to spend hours in the gym (despite the not-so-subliminal advertising), you can workout at home, without the expense of a gym membership or fancy equipment.

That's my take on why they show that anyway.

They've all signed disclaimers against the producers, trainers, etc. So I'm not too worried about Bob getting sued anytime soon.

[ThatPoshGirl]

Are we sure he isn't gay? I asking that in a serious and most loving way, because he almost seems a bit too good to be true.

Okay, I've always just assumed he was because of his involvement with a product called Queer Abs.  Just a guess, though.

[devilschild]

Gay or not, I still like Bob no matter what. IMHO...he's the best trainer of the three.

This post has been edited by devilschild: Sep 27, 2007 @ 8:38 am.

[Deianeira]

I bet that every single person on Bob's team, no matter what their gender or sexual preference may be, has a crush on him. How could they not?

[Torop]

On a completely superficial note (and really, how else do I talk about Bob), I LOVE him in the button down shirt. He pretty much can wear anything and look good, but that button down shirt he was wearing at the weigh-in looked amazing on him.

Also, the lighting in the weigh-in room is great for him as it highlights his cheekbones really well. I basically rewind the cut shots to Bob at the weigh-ins over and over because he just looks so. damn. good.

I was also hoping he would go back and sneak a cupcake.

[applepie77]

From Potes' weecaplet (which is better than the real show):

Meanwhile, Bob has his team do yoga outside. He says that they can get a good workout, but still feel like they're on vacation. He's no Rodney Yee, but he gives a good effort.

Ok, but Rodney Yee (I have a couple of his dvds) is not anywhere near as supportive or encouraging as TrainerBoyfriendBob. I'd so love for Bob to do a Yoga dvd and be his encouraging, smiling self. Would be very relaxing.

Also, during last night's weigh-in, how CUTE was it that Bob was holding hands with one of the women contestants as the Blue team weighed in. It was so Bob and so why he's the perfect TV Boyfried.

[jlco123]

I can't believe that we had to see Jillian and Kim in bikinis but we didn't get one shot of Bob shirtless. Is that really too much to ask? Take that shirt off for all us ladies.